volunteer
noun
a person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
was volunteering
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past progressiveof volunteer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Yet Yu Wenlei, a 21-year-old university student in Nanjing who was volunteering at the Romantic Center on a recent Saturday, said her fellow Gen Zers have reservations about parenthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Dorothy Broadway, 74, was volunteering at the church on a recent Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
The character, played by Paul Bradley, appeared at a community centre where Yolande Trueman, played by Angela Wynter, was volunteering during the episode.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024
Notably, the only “perk” that improved well-being was volunteering.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
She marveled that he was volunteering this much—hadn’t he refused to tell her almost anything about himself while traveling from Endovier?
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
